Line #8 Trivia/PhantasyStar


1	* FanTranslation: Each game in the original series has received English retranslations to reconcile inconsistencies, squash common bugs, and hack in longer names for the characters. Several games that went unlocalized have also been translated, including ''Phantasy Star Adventure'', ''Phantasy Star Gaiden'', the text adventures, and most significantly, the remakes for the Play Station 2.
2	* FandomLifeCycle: In Japan, Stage 4 into Stage X (''Online 2'') into Stage 4. The franchise is big enough in Japan to almost hit Stage 5, although not quite enough to break through. In the west, the series has squarely sat at Stage 2 to its relative obscurity, ScrewedByTheNetwork (for New Tens titles) and CultClassic status of the tetralogy.
3	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Seven years after the original release, Sega reissued the first ''Phantasy Star'' on the Mega Drive in limited quantities in Japan only. Its the original Master System game but in a Mega Drive cartridge. It just tells the system to switch into Master System mode to play. There's a rumor that copies were a contest giveaway, but no one is for sure.
4	* KillerApp: When Sega was still a console maker, games in the series were these for its various consoles.
5	** The first game in particular was the single most popular and well-known UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem game that's not an arcade port, and fittingly has been rereleased more often that any other Sega Master System original.
6	* NoExportForYou:
7	** Sega made [[TheRemake remakes]] of the first two games, titled ''Phantasy Star Generation 1'' and ''Generation 2''. Too bad they're only available in Japan.
8	** To a less annoying extent, the Mega Drive text adventures and the various Game Gear [[GaidenGame gaiden games]] as well.
9	** The Sega Saturn version of the Phantasy Star collection was only released in Japan. The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version was released internationally; however, it does not include ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV''.
10	** Every game between ''Portable 2'' and ''Online 2'' has not been localized. This encompasses ''Portable 2 infinity'', ''Nova'', and ''Online [=2es=]''. Even in the case of ''Online 2'', it wasn't until 7 years after the original release in 2012 that the game finally saw the light of day on western shores.
11	* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Developer's Note for System Corruption:
12	--> This was the first song I wrote that I wanted to sound specifically electronic.\
13	This aspect of the soundtrack seemed necessary for the more technologically advanced areas, and I drew some inspiration from the Phantasy Star series.
14	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: It's no secret among Western fans of the series that SEGA ''hates'' this franchise outside of Japan. Most of the online games have suffered from BadExportForYou in some way at some point, most notoriously ''Universe'' in which [[PoorCommunicationKills Japanese management outright refused to communicate with their American counterparts running the game]], games after ''Portable 2'' simply stopped being localized after the pirating debacle on the PSP, and ''[=PSO2=]'', while ultimately averting its infamous {{Vaporware}} status, suffers from a notable lack of care and effort put into its localization.
15	* {{Vaporware}}: ''[=PSIV=]'' was supposed to be remade in the same vein as ''Generation 1'' and ''Generation 2''. However, it was canceled in favor of a CompilationRerelease.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** Design documents for Phantasy Star II, which were published in a 10th Anniversay collection, show a great deal of cut functionality and content from Phantasy Star II. Originally all characters would have had their own types of weapons and armor, and would have had [=PS4=]-like Skills in addition to their techniques. Shir was also supposed to be able to steal items from enemies in battle at higher levels. Hugh also was supposed to have techniques that allowed him to control Biomonsters and communicate with them to avoid conflict (like the Talk and Chat spells in [=PS1=]).
18	** As stated above, Rika of ''PSIV'' was originally meant to be Nei.
19	** Noah was originally intended to be intersex, and the character designer went with that in giving them an androgynous appearance. This element was cut, but led to a fair amount of gender confusion in the final product.

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